At 2:30 on Friday afternoon, our Christmas Break officially began.
I immediately checked out of school mom mode and threw routines and schedules out the window.
This Christmas break we were going to relax, go with the flow, and just have some plain old fun.
And that's exactly what we did.
There were days when we did nothing but stay in our PJ's and play.
Other days we actually had some things planned.
I don't have any pictures (What the heck!?) but we spent the night in one of the newest apartment complexes in Rexburg.
Weird, right!? But, it was fun!
They just invited a whole bunch of people to stay so they could find any problems before students arrived.
I though it was a clever idea!
And then on Christmas Eve I got to help my family make 50 large Pizza's
I've missed out on this tradition a lot over the years, either we were gone or they didn't need me!
We've been doing this since 1999, when my parents bought Big J's.
It's quite the production, but it's so much fun!
Momma is the best at creating places for pizza's!
We literally have them EVERYWHERE! That is sanitary I might add!
The man in charge of the oven!
Me, Nick, and Heidi were the pizza makers!
Don't they look so good!?!
When she wasn't finding spots for pizza's, she was making boxes!
Couldn't have done it without her!
We had the best people on the crew this year (Ahem) and it all went down without a hitch!
We got those pizza's delivered right on time!
That night we celebrated Christmas Eve with my Grandma and Grandpa Thompson
and any other family members that decided to come too.
It was low key and relaxing so I don't have any pictures.
We just sat around and ate and visited. Pretty much the best things ever!
We finished off the night with Grandpa reading the Nativity story from the scriptures,
headed home and put everyone to bed.
The kids were asleep in no time and then Mark and I got to play Santa.
I really love that part of Christmas.
I couldn't wait to see the girls faces when they opened their presents.
Christmas morning was exciting!
The girls woke up thrilled with the idea that Santa had come.
My family brought their presents and joined us.
It made it last that much longer and I loved it.
We did let the girls and Sam open their stockings while they waited.
Once my family arrived we took turns opening presents.
The girls were so good at waiting for their turn.
And I was totally impressed with how excited they were for each other and what they got.
Santa went PRACTICAL this year. So each kid got there own duffel bag with their name on it.
It was funny, We could only get Sam interested in opening his presents if we said there was food in it.
Poor kid I'm sure was starving.
But even then most presents he would rather have sit in the box than see what was in it.
We got spoiled, as usual, by all the family that loves us.
And here's the mess to prove it!
After presents we made breakfast.
Belgium Waffles, hasbrowns, and sausage! MMMmmm!!
I think we are going to make it our traditional Christmas morning breakfast!
The rest of our Christmas break was spent playing with our new toys/games, going sledding, and relaxing.
Poor Sammy had to watch the girls from inside!
The girls couldn't get enough!
Boo!
We have adjusted quite well to being back to school, but are definitely counting down the days to our next vacation!
Boise here we come....in 15 days!!!!
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